STEM

When it comes to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), the United States is lagging behind. Dr. Ed Berger stopped by the High Plains Public Radio studios, recently and shared that China has nine times, and India five times more engineering students than the U.S.

Ask kids what an engineer is, and they’ll say someone who drives a train or they simply don’t know. That’s what WT associate professor of mechanical engineering Emily Hunt and Michelle Pantoya, a mechanical engineering professor at Texas Tech University, found when they did a survey. So, the duo decided to start building awareness in science, technology, engineering, and math careers-- by writing children’s books.